The Legends at Orange Lake Resort
About
Orange Lake Resort & Country Club in Kissimmee boasts four different golf courses, two championship courses and two nine-hole layouts. Undoubtedly, the most popular course is the Legends. This Arnold Palmer-designed layout is like getting two courses in one. The front nine is a traditional links that is wide-open and windy, which makes club selection particularly challenging. It is a good warm-up for the even more demanding back nine. On the backside, you will be playing through mature oaks and towering pine trees that border the lush, winding fairways. It is quite a feat to successfully maneuver your tee shots through the narrow openings of the trees, which gives it the feel of a course in North Carolina. The signature hole is the 13th. This daunting hole features a large green that is shielded by a rock wall, surrounded by tall grass, and protected in back by a sand trap.
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Teal | 72 | 7072 yards | 71.8 | 137 |
| Black | 72 | 6665 yards | 74.5 | 142 |
| Blue | 72 | 6263 yards | 73.0 | 139 |
| White | 72 | 5780 yards | 69.4 | 128 |
| Yellow | 72 | 5188 yards | 68.3 | 118 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green M: 73.7/135 | 392 | 540 | 224 | 610 | 425 | 186 | 450 | 553 | 420 | 3800 | 425 | 532 | 165 | 432 | 398 | 153 | 400 | 327 | 440 | 3272 | 7072 |
| Black M: 71.9/131 | 361 | 517 | 212 | 595 | 410 | 180 | 427 | 520 | 394 | 3616 | 394 | 515 | 154 | 398 | 370 | 137 | 368 | 296 | 417 | 3049 | 6665 |
| Blue M: 70.1/126 W: 75.8/137 | 332 | 489 | 200 | 565 | 371 | 160 | 405 | 496 | 365 | 3383 | 372 | 496 | 143 | 375 | 341 | 121 | 357 | 275 | 400 | 2880 | 6263 |
| White M: 67.5/121 W: 73.1/131 | 325 | 450 | 181 | 530 | 317 | 130 | 370 | 479 | 325 | 3107 | 334 | 475 | 130 | 346 | 325 | 113 | 315 | 250 | 385 | 2673 | 5780 |
| Yellow M: 65.0/112 W: 69.8/124 | 276 | 400 | 158 | 470 | 289 | 120 | 330 | 420 | 305 | 2768 | 298 | 425 | 110 | 318 | 305 | 90 | 288 | 241 | 345 | 2420 | 5188 |
| Handicap | 13 | 9 | 15 | 1 | 11 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 14 | 18 | 4 | |||
| Par | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 37 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 35 | 72 |
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Reviewer Photos
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Photo submitted by JayEmm on 12/28/2021
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Photo submitted by JayEmm on 12/28/2021
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Behind #9 green Photo submitted by choppah13 on 10/04/2019
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18 approach shot Photo submitted by choppah13 on 10/04/2019
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Behind #5 green Photo submitted by choppah13 on 10/04/2019
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Behind 14 green Photo submitted by choppah13 on 10/04/2019
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#12 Par 3 Photo submitted by choppah13 on 10/04/2019
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Photo submitted by Dewit2me69 on 08/31/2019
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Photo submitted by SHASHI60 on 07/22/2019
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Forgot what hole this is. Photo submitted by SHASHI60 on 05/16/2019
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Beautiful fish Photo submitted by SHASHI60 on 05/16/2019
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Photo submitted by palmedo on 11/12/2018
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Approach to green from fairway on #14 Photo submitted by DintheRough17 on 02/14/2017
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Photo submitted by Skiviolet on 01/03/2017
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#13 Photo submitted by DAB4par on 12/04/2014
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Photo submitted by jamesrwright on 03/28/2014
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Photo submitted by jamesrwright on 03/28/2014
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Photo submitted by jamesrwright on 03/28/2014
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Photo submitted by jamesrwright on 03/28/2014
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Photo submitted by jamesrwright on 03/28/2014
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Photo submitted by jamesrwright on 03/28/2014
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Seen close to a tee off on the back nine. Photo submitted by u000005866891 on 11/12/2013
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Photo submitted by luckyluke21 on 04/01/2013
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Photo submitted by Fivegrains on 12/31/2012
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Photo submitted by Fivegrains on 12/31/2012
Surprisingly good condition despite the wet weather and past hurricane Irma
This is a nice track with some challenges. They have done a lot of work in the surrounding (cleaned the woods). Tee boxes and bunkers are mostly good. Fairways still have some wet spots, but are well playable. Greens are not very fast but true and on the second nine have some mold spots which would require good attention … Staff not seen a lot, except the beverage cart and at the bag drop by arrival, but not after the finish of play! The pace was not bad, but as there were mostly twosomes only out there, could have been much better. But there was no player’s assistant to watch the pace out there..
Overall – this is a nice and partly challenging course that can be recommended, but watch out for the rate, if you get a hot deal from Golfnow it is a bargain.
Beautiful and tough
The coarse was in great condition. There had been a lot of rain but coarse drains very well. Greens still recovering from hurricane but still very quick and fair. Will definitely be back can't wait
Enjoyable Round at The Legends
I am an owner at Orange Lake and I always enjoy this course. The only concerns were several discolorations around some greens (they did not affect play) and some greens had little or no grass in spots. A big improvement is the white sand in the traps (nicer to look at and play out of). I would recommend this course.
Nor for recreational golfers.
First, all 18 holes were open for play...not the "play nine twice as stated on Golf Now. This is a championship course and not recommended for the recreational or senior golfer, even from the forward tees. Fairways are usually generous, but the greens are generally small and many are very closely guarded by water and/or bunkers. Good value though, if you're up for the challenge.
Downhill
I've been a owner at orange lake for 15 years and this course has slowly gone downhill over the years. I have play municipal courses that are in much better condition. Two thumbs down.
Greens slow
Greens we're in poor condition...spotty, slow... rolling to a 6. Rest of the course was very nice.
Nice layout and good conditions considering all the rain we. Have had will definitely be back
Legends
I have been coming to this course for 20 years. Every year the course conditions get worse. Greens are slow and several have sandy areas or plugs trying to fix the bad spots. It was a 5 hour round. Needless to say I was once again disappointed in the overall experience.
Sorry to leave negative feedback for a course I enjoyed long ago. Hopefully improvements will come.
Annual Golf Trip
Son and I retuned for our annual, and are happy to see the course returning the old days, keep up the good work!!
Poor condition
The golf course (legends), was in poor condition, not only because of aeration, but it seemed to be poorly maintaned (lots of divots on the greens and all sort of weeds)
If we have known about this conditions previouly, we would not have paid to play there...
The golf carts does not even have a eletronic map monitor, we had hard time to understand the golf course, since we only had the map of the scoring card..
The pro shop should and the web site should have some have informed us about the situation..
Great layout
This course has a great layout. The problem was the greens had been aerated and were not in good shape.
Back to its original standard
We have played this course many times over the past few years and it is good to see that the course has almost returned to its best. The layout is challenging and with the work progressing on the back 9 I am sure that the course will once again be a championship course. Good to see the Legends at Orange Lake back in business.
Pretty poor amenities
Not one of the 18 holes (luckily the back 9 were open thanks to a tournament) had a ball wash!
There was no attendant when I went to the starter so just picked a cart (which was not equipped with ice).
Not exactly the conditions the pro shop said
My husband and I played this course on Saturday, 9/23. We live in the Orlando area so we try to frequent this course as much as possible as it is one of my husband's favorite. With the hurricane a few weeks ago and the greens being punched prior to then, he called the pro shop on the Wednesday prior to the round to see if the course was in good shape before we booked our round. The person he spoke to said "yeah! course is looking great! because of the hurricane you can't even tell the greens were punched." Well I'm not sure what course this dude was looking at, but it was not the Legends course. The front was much better than the back, some of the greens had sand ALL over them to where the hole was only able to be put in one particular spot on the green. Others the bunkers were being worked on so there were places of sod missing or the sand was so wet and mucky that you couldn't step in it without sinking. The back was a completely different story. Bunkers were so hard and rocky, you couldn't hit a shot out of them and some greens had no green to them, just sand and punch holes. I don't know if we would have played here with knowing the real condition of the course, I get that you want to have people come out and play, but the condition of the course definitely did not make it for an enjoyable round and for some people would make them not come back.
Challenging
The course was in good shape. Some tee boxes and in the blind as to where the fare way is and makes it difficult to determine your line of flight. Other than that I love playing this course when ever I visit Orange Lake
Pretty good considering
Course was in great shape considering recent rains. Undergoing renovations but we were told that up front when booking. Greens were the slowest I'd ever seen them in my 40+ times playing this course. Will always be my favorite course at Orange Lake.
Course in great shape after Irma
This course was in great condition especially 1week after Irma, very impressed. Will definitely be back to play this course. All of the staff are top notch, very friendly and very helpful.
Hidden Gem
Arnold Palmer design. Great layout. Challenging shots with placement being very important.